Saturday, March 2, 2013

Baby Potatoes topped with Green Beans & Poached Egg

Sometimes the most delicious meals are those created with the simplest ingredients.
This easy to create dish is incorporates less than 5 ingredients and boasts the fresh flavors of the produce and parsley used.




Ingredients:
 3 cups teeny tiny potatoes, diced ( I got these at Trader Joe's, but if you don't have any of these you can use regular potatoes  diced into small pieces)
1 small onion, diced
3 cups green beans
2 eggs
fresh parsley, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon
Pinch of red pepepr
tad of butter

1)  Place tad of butter on skillet in medium-high heat. When heated up, add potatoes and onions. Cook until translucent and potatoes are soft. Season with salt and pepper, pinch of red pepper.

2)  Put a pot of boiling water on the oven. Add 3 cups of green beans ( trimmed). Blanch green beans for 3 minutes. Immediately remove, drain in a strainer and let cool.

3) Add olive oil to pan over medium high heat. When heated, add green beans and cook until slightly toasted.

4) Poach 2 eggs.  If you need an awesome tutorial on how to poach an egg. Visit Smitten Kitchen. The pictures are beautiful and directions step by step.

Put it all together. Place potatoes on a plate. Top with green beans and poached egg. Season with salt and pepper, freshly chopped parsley, squeeze of lemon and even add some parmesean.

Bon Appetit!

Serves 2.




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